Vlog 12: Hang Gliding Scooter Tow Class#17 at Blue Sky Flight Park - Graduation
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- After a year of training I’m finally cleared for the truck tow. I felt my confidence building up every flight in this class. I know I’m ready for the high flight but I also know I have so much to learn too.
I will be looking for the right conditions for my first truck tow in the coming weeks.
Thank you for stopping by my channel😊
There is nothing like nailing a spot! I was almost as happy as you were! Isn't it crazy how fun this is, and how so few people are interested? I'll never understand why it isn't more.popular.
Thank you so much for your enthusiasm🤩 I know, I struggle with people’s reaction about this sport.. but we can’t make people love something. I can only encourage them to try if they are interested. I’m no one special didn’t know anything about this sport at first. More I learned more I became intrigued by it. It sounds corney but I do feel that I was meant to do this☺️
Same here. There is nothing else really like it. It baffles me why it isn't more popular.
Maybe it's a blessing !
Ez igen, nagyon szép földetérés. További sok sikert kívánok 👍💓🌹
Smoooooth, baby! You’re going to be an awesome pilot!
Thank you sir😎
Thanks for sharing the joy of your flights!
Thank you for stopping by😊
Great flying, Nano! I love how relaxed you are. You were definitely born to fly!👍
Thank you🤩 and yes I tell myself that I was born to fly!!!
Can here the instructor in London loud and clear. So good
🤣 You could never make an excuse that you didn’t hear his instruction.
Congratulations! Welcome to the sky.
.....and nailed that spot landing!!
Da best feeling!!! Another reason why I’m getting addicted to this sport..
That was a very nice spot landing. Congratulations and well done👍🏻👌🏻
We tried scooter and fixed winch towing 30+ years ago ,switched to platform towing . Much much better towing. Maintaining constant tow pressure and constant airspeed . You may need a longer tow area clear of obstructions . Also much better at towing tandem gliders .
Ya I’ve seen platform tow video. Ya we got crop fields in all corner and the park is the two runways… if it needs an open field it won’t work at Blue Sky. Steve does wonderful job at scooter towing and truck towing though. I mean that’s what he is expert at. He’s very strict but so so lucky to be learning from him.
So cool congratulations!
Congratulations!!! You are definitely one of the kool kidz now. No more 8am lessons...go ahead and sleep in a bit. You're going to love truck towing. It feels exactly the same on tow, but the launch is more exciting.
Thank you Dan🤩 you know I can’t wait to join ya’ll! Ya rolling in later will be nice and I’m soooooo excited about the thrill of truck tow!!!!! It’s gonna be ‘A’mazing I know it.
Very nice! Great video! You are well on your way...enjoy the trip.
The first landing looked great! The second one, not so much. You started flaring too early, but pulled in enough for a second flare, and even then were till early. Be careful with thoe, and try to flare not too early, not too late, but just as the glider approaches a stall. Then grab high on the down-tubes, push forward and up, try to kick the kel behind you with your feet, and that should rock the glider up and land you perfectly.
Fly safely and have fun!
Thank you 🙏 Ya flare is like an art that there is no end to the work. I’ll nail it one day😉
YES!!! I am so stoked for you Nano.
Thank you Ray🙏 Nothing gets old with hang gliding.. that scares me more than anything. My feeling for this sport getting larger and larger…
HUGE CONGRATS!!
Excellent spot landing!
Thank you🤩
I’m really enjoying your videos and following your progress. I’m cheering for you every video! Thank You for sharing your life changing adventures with us!
Aw, thank you so much for your support🥹 It’s been a long way and I have even longer way to go as a pilot. I feel like I grew up to a toddler pilot from a baby pilot, Im still in the running around wild and not quite processing everything my parent tells me state😂 Definitely enjoying the learning process. So lucky I met this sport.
Muy bueno Vuelos !!! Felicitaciones !!
muchas gracias ☺️
Well Done! Congratulations.
Thank you Chris😊
Well done! 😎👍My early landings were on my belly and the wheels. You nade it look easy.
Aw thanks☺️
Great spot landing!
Thank you Romano☺️
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing 😎
Thank you for watching😊
It has been a pleasure watching your progression into a pilot.Brings back memories of my learning. I have watched all your vids several times.Loved them all. The last 3 lessons it really started to click for you and you could really see it.Now that you can tow higher the real learning and fun begins thanks to that added flight time. Keep up the good work and keep the vids coming.
Thank you sir☺️ I’m more than grateful to have this dream and passion in my life now. I thought moving to this country was the biggest life event but what a surprise, hang gliding has sparked so much in me that nothings has in my life. Thank you so much for your warm support. I can only imagine I’ll be doing the same you do in the future, watch people learn to fly. It is a magical experience. We are the lucky ones to know what it feels like to leave the planet😉
Well done!
Congratulations... Your on your way!
Thank you😎
Super Cool… Congratulations 🎉
Thank you so much😎
Well done...you did it..
The tow gets you up there..use what you gained and get more height. The aim is to stay aloft as long as possible. So the longer the flight the better..
Thank you🙏 With more flights and learning about atmosphere hopefully my veins run through the glider and really start to know and control the glider with confidence.
I took up hang gliding in my 20's back in the '80's. My city shut the hill down because of liability issues, and I gave it up. I am now 62 and will be heading south to the Wallaby Ranch in Orlando this spring to get reacquainted with the sport. Your relaxed style is an inspiration, and I hope I get as confident.
You are on your way back to flying again Im so excited for you!!! Your pure desire and motivation are there then confidence should follow with your successful progress back to flying. Just as everyone say to each other, regardless of their level of flight skills, don’t push, be safe and have fun is all I can say. It’ll be a good time sir😉
Ich mag den Sport! Und jede Inspiration in Anwendung und Entwicklung. Ich bin fasziniert....
Congrats
Mis felicitaciones. Seguro que serás una "crack" del vuelo. Disfruta del vuelo; no hay nada igual!. Recuerda que los accidentes vienen cuando te confias, por eso ni los novatos, ni los veteranos, suelen tener accidentes. Y permíteme un consejo de un viejo piloto deportivo: When in doubt whether or not you can fly,.. better to be down, wanting to be up, than to be up, wanting to be down. 😊
Muchas gracias. Estoy usando el traductor de Google para responder. Sí, he aprendido de esa manera difícil. He tenido vuelos donde mi cabeza me decía que volara pero físicamente no estaba en buenas condiciones. Esos vuelos terminaron siendo desordenados... realmente podrían haber sido peores al pensar en ello. Así que ahora hago una revisión mental y física minuciosa previa al vuelo. Necesito seguir con eso.
@@nanoraflyz 👌👏👏
Hi Nano, Looking good. Definitely seeing that continue progress!!!! You Got This!!!!! -Abraham
Thank you Abraham😎
nanoRa - fantastic video and congratulations! - As a fellow aviator (aged!!), watching this was a revelation. What a great way to teach hang gliding. I started out many moons ago with parachuting/skydiving, no tandem free falls from 12,000ft then....the long slow 'old school' method, whereby many fall out of the system.Then onto hang gliding in the mid eighties - loved it, but lugging the glider up shallow hills for days on end deters many starters. After a few years I started training for my instructor ticket, which took a couple of years - but was a great experience with fantastic, sensible and safe mentors - I taught professionally between civil/military schools. The difference is another topic itself...........
I was one of the first UK pilots to get a formal 'winch tow' rating, after which I recognised the potential - it's great to see the process evolve. This is a great system.
For me, a power licence wasn't anywhere near as fulfilling or exciting as 'pure flight', which is why for the last 10 years I've been flying sailplanes - and absolutey love it!
Thank you very much sir🙏 I’m very lucky to learn at Blue Sky. Steve drives students and glider around with his golf cart so there is no need to walk back the glider to the launch point. With truck tow there is no need of breaking down setting up the glider. We just keep flying. Ya it probably spoiled me. I need more hill training for future mountain flights. I’ll learn the hard way when I do that😅 thank you for your comment sir. It means a lot to hear from a veteran like you.
Awesome
Awesome, well done!
Thank you😊
Congrats!
So cool 🥳🥳🥳
✌️😎
You are soo Awesome!
Thank you Mark😁✌️
Nice!!
Really nice think your getting the hang of it !👍👍💕
Thank you sir!
Well done!!!!
Thank you sir🤩
Old hand glider pilot. Congratulation nanoRa
Thank you sir!
You dont get much better than that - you looked relaxed and totally in control - great flight !!!
Wow thank you sir🙏 nah I got a looooong way to become a skilled pilot. I’ve only flown in nice and calm conditions, haven’t experienced real turbulences or thermal. I just need more consistent flying to build my skills but it is the nature of this sport, I don’t have a flexible work schedule to travel around like some pilots can. Just waiting for my next opportunity at my home base Blue Sky😊 can’t wait for it🐥
hell yeah Nano! WAY TO GO! That first flight when you step on the banner... the only time it feels better is when you call a dog and they come to you and lay down to let you pet them, but this is darn close! See ya on the truck tow line!
Thank you Chih-Wei!!!!! I’ve been watching the forecast closely… it needs to be really calm.. 0-3mph, ideally SSW I think. Hopefully this weekend or sometime in next week. I’m itching.. like poinson ivy itching….
I've enjoyed watching your whole series of videos. You're a good learner and watching you progress gives me confidence..I'm getting close to achieving my hang 1 here in California..Looking forward to seeing your truck tow video 🦅
Jesse! I’m so excited for you and us!!! It’s been such an awesome journey, I had no idea this would pop up in my life and glad it did but the problem is that I feel like I can’t live without it now. Whatever hurdles you might bump into, never give up! That the only advice I can give as a same beginner pilot.
Got my first day in today. It was kindna windy, but I made it pass the orange cones and landed on my feet.
Yay Mikey that’s so awesome!!!! I’m so excited for you you had your first class🥳 I didn’t get to the cones in my introductory class. I think it was my second class so you r in a great shape! Hope you keep it going.
It was just beginner's luck. The second tow I pulled in too much and went straight down. Lol
Sweet👌
Awesome!
nice
おめでとうございます！
ありがとエダっち！
Com perfeição 👏👏
Is this king William. I played golf next door.
Yep it’s right next to Queenfield Golf Club😊
I’d try it. I used to have a home on the mattaponi river but I have land just a mile or so from there as a hang glider flies.
I need to watch this again, I can't read that quick. LOL
So sorry, I’m a total amateur in video editing😅 and my English isn’t perfect neither so thank you for your understanding and patience🙏oh and yes, please watch over and over again to make sure you read all of my notes😜
@@nanoraflyz yes, I'll make sure I watch on different accounts to get your view numbers up
@@andymccann2716 😂👍😁
My dream is to fly
Great video and narration! We need more female pilots in the sport.
Agreed we need more female pilots. My channel’s audience stars says 90 some % make audiences.. I need more ladies watching my videos too.
You really need to get that bridal from the front of your speed bar!!!!!!! if you step on that while landing, You'll have a WHACK that could hurt very badly!!!!!! Priority #1! Get that bridal secured!!!!! Love ya babe, but get religious about that!!!!!!!
Yes I’m aware, that’s one of the things my instructor told me I need to start doing. Practice flight with height just 500ft or below I don’t think I’d even think to attempt because I’m so focusing on landing approach.. now that I get towed up higher I really should take care of loose bridal. Thank you so much for your comment sir!😎
🥹I wish I had a plane like this. I am a free Syrian and my country does not have flights. Can you send me via freight, please?
Womp womp
❗ 𝐩𝓻Ỗ𝓂Ø𝓈Ｍ
Congrats!